All the products you mentioned may be nice enthusiast vehicles but they make little money relatively. Granted that may not have been your point. The American big two exist largely because of trucks and for that they owe a lot to protectionism eg the chicken tax.

In part roadsters are not that practical with two seats, soft top and small trunk. Save the manuals? Yes but also RWD heaven forbid anyone from switching tires in the winter or putting some sandbags in the trunk.

What a great looking bunch of cars. Thanks for the link. How fun would it be to bring them together again.

+1 this

JD Power who does surveys says the regular 500 (I couldn’t find the Abarth) will have poor reliability. I got no dog in this fight.

I’m not going to argue with Emma Stone in any context.

Yes, they’re smarter with their money than the likes of Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.

I’ve driven the 85d a bunch, not the P but still pretty fast. It’s torquey, it’s quick and responsive and all that but at the end of the day still a 5000 pound car with the footprint of a minivan. Granted it’s a low center of gravity but I’d rather be in the lighter, smaller wheelbase cars mentioned here for sheer fun.

Can someone please post gifs for the reaction of Mini owners to this? When a Fiat is preferred over you for reliability...

It'd be difficult because the interior is nice and not many cheap plastics. For $35k one of the best interiors available.

This generation which is old still looks very good and the materials are durable mostly though a couple trim pieces peel, but the leather, wood grain etc is really nice.

Q for sedans QX for crossovers and SUVs. What's the complication?

Drives like a car but has a slightly higher sitting position that my wife likes. Didn’t need the extra size, cost, expenses of the large FX.

My wife has an ‘08 EX35 which came out in ‘08 and had like 70k miles. She paid a whopping $14k. Infiniti to their credit makes a good car and hers despite the years and mileage looks almost new. (I had a G35 my kids did unspeakable things to, and other than a bit of thigh bolster wear from my fat ass, the car looked…

Huge problem for the brand. Too many little, legacy dealers and the laws prevent them from being discontinued. The buyers buy the service almost as much as the car.

Here’s the same author writing a guide to the E46 M3. It can be done. http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/the-affordable…

Outsmart? Maybe not a genius in the first place. Pretty much everyone in Cowboydom thought Murray was a good, not great player who did well with a great o-line against defenses that had to respect the pass. Not a $9 million man. The equivalent could be said for Maxwell and Bradford.

From the factory S2K is perfect. Thomas Jefferson would say this is “more perfect”.

In all honesty the video doesn't sound great, not better than stock.

I drove an s2000 with some ridiculous aftermarket exhaust. Couldn't hear the engine. It was sad.